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CAUTION when using these NEW Waverly F-Style tuners.
The ** base metal ** is softer and < thinner > than what was
produced 15 years ago.
(Probably now also made in China).
I wanted to replace my...

Good luck trying to "buddy" with Stills. He doesn't trust ANYBODY...and is always all BUSINESS < 100% of the time >. I got the chance to work on his NECK & BACK when
he threw it out during a...

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Hey,
It really bugs me when guys brag about their Master Models.
Yeah, they look nice--but, how do we know your telling us
the truth about the sound ?? They don't even look like
they've been...

You can read my reply at the 'MM vs. Really Good Luthier'.
I own an absolutely 'freak' cannon of a MM...but it was
'handpicked' by Charlie Derrington and the guys at Gibson.
All the MM's and DMM's...

The trick is when you buy 'Gibson', you just have to keep on searching until you find that one-in-a-million instrument that falls in the 2% category of being called a 'freak'. I think their...

Well, with Dave Harvey now in charge of Gibson's mando
manufacturing department, the only MASTER 'set-up' man left
is Jackie Miller at Gibson OAI in Nashville. No more are
the days of...

'Dudes' are just highly overpriced. If it wasn't for
Chris Thile playing one, they'd be priced about the same
as a MM or DMM. Ricky Skaggs plays a MM/DMM because it's the closest you can get to a...

Not to change the subject--but, ever notice the sh*tty,
cheapo Loar style cases Gibson is supplying for the Master
Models and DMM ?? I mean it seems that the cases started
going from 4-ply down...

Big Joe,
Good luck, bud....stay in touch. You will be a hard man to
replace. Best Wishes Always...
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What are the 'pros' using for action setup on their mandos?
I think Gibson says the STANDARD set-up is 5/64" on both the BASS and TREBLE sides at the 12th fret. That seems really high to me--I asked...

Heard a rumor on the 'street' that our buddy Henry and his
partner may be sending out feelers--maybe looking to 'cash
out'. That would make a lot of sense--ie. sell out while
the company (Gibson)...

Just wait a few years from now and see the kinds of problems
that Gibson's going to have with those RSDMM "speed-necks".
Shaved down, pencil thin necks--made to fit the fat little
fingers of R.S....

I keep seeing the owners of Master Models giving their
instruments away at 'firesale' prices. This bullsh*t needs
to stop because all they are doing is driving DOWN the value
of ALL the Master...

I'm of the theory that if you 'play the hell' out of a new
instrument--and really pound in it--you accomplish just about
the same thing as "distressing". I think this would apply
especially to a...

Maybe it's something like what Nagyvary does to make his new
violins sound just like a Stradivarius. It's a chemical
treatment for 'woodworm' that Stradivari used, plus the
wood was also soaked...

I've got one of the very last production MM's to come off the
line in late December 2005--only a little more than one year
old. But, this one is a real 'freak', and will beat anything out...

Sorry, Big Joe. But I think my 'cannon' MM will take your
'Brutus' any day. Next time I come to Nashville I'll have a
'shootout' against you--a blindfold test. The loser has to
buy the other guy...

No big deal. Just send it back to Gibson OAI and insist on
a 'pro' setup (at no charge) by the great Dave Harvey--the
world's best mandolin setup man. Also, Gibson makes two
types of mandolin...

I'm a 'newbee' with mandolins, however, the 'pros' take all
their instruments (especially mandos) directly to Gibson
in Nashville--they have the undisputed three BEST mandolin
luthiers in the...

Sorry, I meant to address this last comment to 'F5Loar'
regarding the '54 Mastertone.

Dan,
I happened to meet Ms. Ronnie Stoneman (old Hee-Haw Show)
recently while I was in Nashville at the Gibson Showcase.
She told me that she has a vintage '54 Gibson Mastertone--
(either a '53...

I've got a real 'killer' MM that is only one year old--and
a real 'cannon'. The unusual thing about this MM is that
there is NO smell at all when you put your nose over the
'f-holes'. I've had the...

Hey, Bud... Big Joe is right. Setting up a guitar is one
thing, but a mandolin is a whole different animal. Gibson
OAI in Nashville has the three premier setup technicians in
the world--where the...

My experience with Elderly, along with others I have talked to, has been 'mixed' over the years. Their mail order
department has always been run well--however, they no longer
have the large...